Monday Morning Rant: 'playing Wii standing up is same as 360 or PS3 standing up'

"Playing video games is not a sport, and it drives me up the wall when I hear it described that way. Lumping an e in front of the word doesn't help either. It makes me cringe to hear it and makes me feel embarrassed to read it. Here's why:"

"..and don't start with the Wii either. Despite what you've seen in the adverts, it's the same with Nintendo's revolutionary console as it is with the 360, the PC or the PS3. Take Wii Sports for example. You might think virtual bowling, tennis and boxing requires physical effort. But you can play the games just as well sitting down and simply waving the Wii controller in front of the screen as you can while stood up. Essentially, playing the Wii standing up is the same as playing the 360 or the PS3 standing up. Why do it if you don't have to?"

I've got a better rant! Dude, have you ever seen the word 'tieing' anywhere? No you haven't, because it doesn't exist. it's 'tying'. Just like it's 'dying', and not 'dieing'.

What the fvck happened that people can't spell beyond a second grade level? When trying to make a witty little joke, you only look like a tool when you can't spell the simplest words properly. Do you still have your teeth?

Lay off the video games and read a fvcking book.

Anyway, there's no way you can play wii bowling sitting on a couch. You have to make sure your wrist is straight, and you can't do that on the couch. Besides, it's more fun if you treat it as an actual bowling lane.

I'm all for a good rant, but this guy makes no sense (not 'sence', for fvck's sake).

I agree. But this guy is the assistant EDITOR for this English language news group. If he's going to talk crap in English, then he's got it coming when he blows it and looks like a fool. Not that his little b!tchfest didn't do that enough on it's own...

What a STUPID article. If you play Wii Sports sitting down than you're a lazy fat moron. I don't even know how you would bowl sitting down, it'd be uncomfortable at the very very least. Same for baseball and golf.

I do sit down when I play most other games though, unlike in the commercials.

So when me + friends used to compete to see how high we could spit up a brick wall, that was actually a sport? We should have given out medals! :)

The Dictionary definition of 'sport' that the article quotes is out-dated - it doesn't have to be a physical activity an more and as he said 'you dont break a sweat playing games'. No you don't, but neither do you shooting at the Olympics and that's definitely a sport and all it requires is to pull a trigger.

And god forbid that a gaming company try and push the boundries or go in a totally different direction - we should obviously stick with gaming as it is now and never evolve!

"You might think virtual bowling, tennis and boxing requires physical effort. But you can play the games just as well sitting down and simply waving the Wii controller in front of the screen as you can while stood up."

Go tell that to 13 millions buyers, I am sure they are not playing sit still.

Who actually plays their Nintendo Wii standing up. On top of that who actually does the real motions that are depicted in the commercials. All that you have to do especially for Wii Sports: Baseball is sit and put your right arm in a 90* angle with our fist facing north and when the ball is coming swiftly put your arm down.

I hate when people come over my house and act like baboons when playing with the Wii. Those commercials and the belief you need to stand is just to add to the appeal for the casual audience and let parents believe this is a legitimate exercise.

Is the only Wii title I play standing up. Why? Well that's the point isn't it? To have fun with friends, mimic the motions and laugh at each other (well maybe Nintendo didn't really think of the last part). Everything else, I sit down. Well, there was one time when I was in an intense part of Prime 3 and I stood up for a while...

Point 2: Videogames are not a sport. Period. They can be made into a competition, but a sport carries a connotation that cannot be applied to games. Maybe, in the advent of virtual reality and total immersion, we might be able to apply this term. However, they simply are not involved enough yet.

Because playing a sports game such as baseball standing up, mimicking the motions and having those motions mean something for the gameplay is fun. Unless you are a fat lazy slob like the writer of this article must be. Who ever said you have to stand up? It's called immersion... However, if you are a hater, and have no plans to immerse yourself, then just sit there and complain. lol